phd grand meeting 2013 - aarhus universitet · using visual aids . 16.00-16.15 break and cake ....
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AGRO PhD program committee
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Grand Meeting 2013 - program 25/6 2013 11.00-11.10 Welcome 11.10-11.50 Matching of expectations v/Chris Kjeldsen PhD Buddy Letter of expectation PhD planner 11.50-12.10 Courses v/ Mathias Neumann Andersen Where to look Journal club v/ Emmanuel Arthur, Vicente Vasquez, Marcos Perez and Mogens Nicolaisen 12.10-12.30 Well-being conversation v/Bernd Wollenweber Mission, aim and purpose 12.30-13.30 Lunch in the guest canteen 13.30-14.00 Qualifying exam v/Mogens Nicolaisen What? Why? When? 4+4 and 5+3 (differences) Strategy, strings and rules about external opponent
Grand Meeting 2013 - program 25/6 2013 14.00-16.00 Giving excellent presentations v/Claus Adam Jarløv, GlobalDenmark How to structure your presentation Important rhetorical elements Aspects of non-verbal language Keeping the audience awake Dealing with nerves Using visual aids 16.00-16.15 Break and cake 16.15-16.45 Duty work - rules and opportunities v/Lis de Jonge and Michael Kristensen, Birgit Sørensen and René Larsen Project related work and governmental consultancy services BSc (teaching and supervising) MSc (teaching and supervising) 16.45-17.00 The committee in the hot chair – any questions are welcome 17.00-? Social event and dinner Discuss fall event!!
Grand Meeting 2013 - program 25/6 2013 9.00-10.00 Career counseling v/Vibeke Broe 10.00-11.00 Life after the PhD - Post doc opportunies v/ Fatemeh Razagghi, Emmanuel Arthur, Marie Eden, Fulai Liu (former AGRO and KU PhDs) 11.00-13.00 Lecture on stress management v/Chris MacDonald 13.00 Lunch in the guest canteen and Good bye
Matching of expectations
PhD courses
Pursuant the PhD Order, PhD students must complete courses totalling approximately 30 ECTS points. The Order contains no provisions regarding the content of such courses. However, the guide to the PhD Order does mention that the courses should have a higher academic level than those offered on the qualifying Master's programme, unless special considerations require a departure from this principle. Activities which foster the various competences which a modern career in research demands are an important dimension of modern researcher training Examples include courses in ’transferable skills’, including”academic writing, academic English, patenting, ethical aspects of research, project management, dissemination, etc”. The PhD Order specifically requires that PhD students be offered courses in teaching. This requirement is interpreted in various ways by the individual graduate schools. One of a graduate school's most important tasks is to ensure that it offers its students a broad range of high-quality, relevant courses within their field of research. These academic courses are normally offered in the context of the graduate schools’ individual PhD programmes. In addition, each graduate school should ensure that all PhD students enrolled have access to an adequate programme of PhD courses within their field, and that the PhD Order's requirements with regard to coursework can be met with a course programme appropriate to the individual PhD student’s studies. In addition, a large proportion of these courses should have direct relevance for the individual PhD student's project. The course programme should also contain both internal and external courses, and it should permit long-term planning of individual coursework (progression of courses to be taken, timing, etc.).
AU Talent development: AU PHD ACTION PLAN
PhD courses
PhD courses PHD COURSES – WHERE TO FIND THOSE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU
< http://agro.au.dk/ph.d.-uddannelse/ >
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Other universities in Denmark: < http://phdcourses.dk/ >
GSST-links incl. EU: < http://phd.au.dk/graduate-schools/scienceandtechnology/courses// >
Talent development in Soil classification
Climate change adaptation
PhD courses
SUM UP: - PHD COURSES
Objectives: Skills, Transferable skills, Networking, Intro for MSc-stud.
- Are they useful ?
- Should AGRO have more ?
Applied methods in crop physiology
Summer school Flakkebjerg
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VICENTE VASQUEZ EMMANUEL ARTHUR MARCOS PARADELO PÉREZ
25. JUNE 2013
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JOURNAL CLUBS - AGRO
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Journal Clubs (JC)
• Group of individuals who meet regularly to critically evaluate recent scientific articles
• Broader application
JCs assist to navigate the challenges of a PhD
Initiation Completion (Thesis) Qualifiers
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Challenges during a PhD
Oral presentations: Lunch seminars - No data - Dont know what to say for 30 min
Qualifying Exams - Too much data – no paper
Poster/Paper/Presentation/ - How to write it - 10-15 min?? How possible?
Journal Paper Managing bibliography Thesis Preparation Peer Review
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Climate and Water JC
Meetings: 1 hour/week
Established: October 2012
Members: 21
• Multidisciplinary and diverse group
• Review of relevant scientific articles
• Data analysis, modelling, presentation of results
• Provide guidance: Workshops (stress management, organization)
• Assist on job hunting (CL, CV, simulated interviews)
• Elaborate joint research proposals and review articles
All in a friendly, non-threatening atmosphere
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Climate and Water JC
Success story
• Collaborative research proposal funded through the BSU platform (1 million DKr)
Tanzania-Denmark
“Capacity building in sustainable land and water management at University of
Dar es Salaam”
• Courses and workshops
• Pilot studies
• Networking and exchange program for graduate students (AU-UDSM)
• Database
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Soil and Hydropedology JC
Meetings: Twice a month
Established: Last week
Members: 14
• Analyses of scientific articles and peer review
• Data Analyses & Statistics in Soil Science
• Making eye-catching scientific tables, figures and illustrations
• Tools and tips for scientific writing and publication
• Making good oral presentation ppt and posters
• Bibliography management: Word, Endnote, RefMan, RefWorks
• Thesis writing
• Training in proposal writing
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WELL-BEING CONVERSATION KEEPING ON THE PHD PATH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS ON THE WAY
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Bernd Wollenweber
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KEEPING ON THE PHD PATH
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A PhD takes a long time…
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KEEPING ON THE PD PATH
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Stumbling blocks along the way
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KEEPING ON THE PHD PATH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
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KEEPING ON THE PHD PATH HOW TO KEEP ON TRACK
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What if... I'm getting no recognition? If a discussion with your supervisor fails to resolve the problem, you should try to get objective advice from us.
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What if... there's no one to talk to? Your supervisor doesn't have time to give you feedback. You feel lonely in your work. Sense of isolation: Do I have to do it all on my own? Am I capable?
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What if... there's no one to talk to? Having a good understanding of what is expected from each other is a way to avoid communication problems.
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What if... I feel like an idiot? You will make mistakes. Try not to make too big ones. Enduring passion will never fail you!
Edward O. Wilson (2013) Letters to a young scientist. 242 pp.
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What if... I run out of time? Finish on time! Get support as early as possible!
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Dual Role of the PhD committee members
‘priest’ conversations are strictly confidential! ‘couple therapist’ help in aligning expectations of students and supervisors
KEEPING ON THE PHD PATH HOW WE CAN HELP
Well-being conversations
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Well-being conversations Frequency:
• twice yearly • more if necessary
KEEPING ON THE PHD PATH HOW WE CAN HELP
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Well-being conversations Some possible points for discussion
• Overall status of your work • Relation to your supervisors • Future plans – career planning • How to ‘survive’ in Denmark as a foreigner? • …
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Remember Most students enjoy their PhDs, even those who have met problems along the way. Patience: Things may appear problematic initially, but they will probably improve as you become more confident and knowledgeable about your subject.
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There are 4 stages to become a scientist
1) You want someone to tell you the truth 2) You realize that scientists frequently disagree with each other
about what is true 3) You realize that nobody knows the truth (=terrifying, caused by
doing research) 4) You realize that science is not about finding the truth at all,
but about finding better ways of being wrong
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Finally Magic can turn a frog into a prince Science can turn a frog into a PhD
(Terry Pratchett)
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Finally Doing a PhD is like banging your head against a wall Over time, you learn where the softer parts of the wall are
Qualifying exam
PhD education – Status seminar
A mid-term seminar should be held between 1.5 and 1 year before submission of the PhD thesis. At the mid-term seminar, the PhD student shall present the status of the PhD study and complete a short report including: preliminary results of the research project, an overview of the course portfolio, stays abroad, teaching activities and presentations
at conferences, a plan for the remaining PhD period and the structure of the thesis including a publication plan. The principal supervisor is responsible for arranging the mid-term seminar. The PhD coordinator at the department, or a scientific member (at least at senior scientist/associate professor level) of the local PhD committee, is responsible for
evaluating the seminar in cooperation with the supervisors and submitting the evaluation form to [email protected]. The mid-term seminar is open to everybody.
Previously: Midterm seminar
From the homepage: ”The oral examination deals with the project and the wider thematic framework of the project. It is not meant to be a general examination in the scientific field of the PhD………” An examination of the research activities of part A A discussion of the plans for part B
Qualifying exam opportunities
• Obtain skills in writing and presentation • Discuss the project with experts from ”outside
the project” • Take some time to rethink your project • Solve small problems before they become big
problems • Meet an evaluator before the PhD defense
5 + 3 and 4 +4 rules
• 5 +3 (with MSc) – No later than 1½ year after enrolment
• 4 + 4 (without MSc) – After 6 years of study (2 years left)
Registration/deadlines
– A notification email is sent to the student and main supervisor 3 months before exam
• Register latest 6 weeks before exam (including a description of courses, ECTS obtained so far and plan for the rest)
• Submit report 3 weeks before exam
Who? • The examination committee:
– Supervisors – 1-2 internal examiners (one must be from the
programme committee) – An external examiner (expert)
• If 4 + 4, a member of Danish board of examiners
Report
• Total number of pages max 30:
– Outline of research carried out so far – Detailed plan for remaining study period
– Not a ‘mini thesis’ but it should give a clear
picture whether the project is ‘on track’ and what your plans are if not
• Therefore, try to be honest, also include your failed experiments etc.
Example of report structure • Short introduction to the field of reseach, state of the art • Hypothesis and objectives • Methods • Results • Short discussion of results so far
• Detailed plan for remaining study period
• Include any papers already written and an outline of
planned papers
A caution of plagiarism
• Hopefully not relevant, but reports (qualifying and thesis) will be screened for plagiarism
Oral examination
• Public • 2 hours in total • 30-45 minutes presentation by the student
(with same elements as report) • Discussion of progress report and
presentation
Evaluation
• The examinatin committee – Decides if passed/failed – Writes 1 page:
• Describing and assessing the report • Assessment of oral presentation and discussion • Assessment of plans for completion • Overall assessment
In case of fail
• Enrollment as PhD student is cancelled • However, the student can apply once for re-
examination that should be held no later than 3 months after first exam
• 4+4 students can continue for MSc degree
Thanks for your attention
• Much, if not all, of this can be found at • http://phd.au.dk/graduate-
schools/scienceandtechnology/
My company
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Claus Adam Jarløv, MA (Engl | psych) CEO of
Tips & Tricks for better scientific
presentations
“Giving excellent presentations”
My company
Our target groups • universities • government agencies • private enterprises • individuals in DK and abroad
Core areas Communication, cross-cultural understanding, coaching, negotiation, presentations, language training, translation. Certified by the University of East London Regular provider of PhD courses etc. at all the Danish universities
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What my company does…
Language
Personality Culture
Profession
GlobalCompetence
My message
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Giving scientific presentations must be a rewarding experience!
Tips&Tricks for excellent
scientific presentations
Taboos
Phases in a talk
10 tips
What about you? Four key
elements
A rewarding experience
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Using visual aids
Psychological aspects
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Communication: Sender and recipient
What I wish to say How I am understood
Disturbing or facilitating factors
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Tip 1: Your attitude
• Attune to your audience
• Be interested, be interesting
• Build the relevance bridge
• Implant your take-home message from the beginning
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1. Stimulation
2. Inspiration
3. Information
4. Education
Keep people’s attention
• vary your language
• create expectations
• guide them
• deviate from the norm
The four elements
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1. Stimulation
2. Inspiration
3. Information
4. Education
Make people think and link! Build the relevance bridge Suggest new ways Put the subject into different contexts Show your commitment Make your presentation a collective experience
The four elements
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1. Stimulation
2. Inspiration
3. Information
4. Education
Share your knowledge Too much information = loss of information Audiences: slow on the uptake Complex information to be supported by a simple slide
The four elements
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1. Stimulation
2. Inspiration
3. Information
4. Education Make a difference!
The four elements
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Tip 2: Keeping your audience attentive
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Activate your listeners: make them responsible
Ask them questions
Encourage them to talk to each other
Activate your listeners!
Tip 3: Generate relevance
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What’s in it for me? (A1) What’s in it for them? (A2)
Identification
Tip 4: Choreograph your talk
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Start formally – end formally
Instruct about questions
Sum up key points
wait
“Thank you”
wait…
Tip 5: Timing and articulation
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Your perception of time…
Make rhetorical pauses before important words
“This is absolutely crucial”
Articulate complex words “Ornamental horticulture”
Tip 6: Getting your slides right
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The impact of
• text • animation • complex, “busy” slides
Relevance: what are the slides for?
Tip 7: Getting your slides right
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Handouts? When? Navigation tools Slide numbers Printed slides Moving from one slide to another Mental navigation The final slide….
Text and potential chaos
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, in cooperation with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, released the first Federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity. About 97 million adults in the United States are overweight or obese. Obesity and overweight substantially increase the risk of morbidity from hypertension; dyslipidemia; type 2 diabetes; coronary heart disease; stroke; gallbladder disease; osteoarthritis; sleep apnea and respiratory problems; and endometrial, breast, prostate, and colon cancers. Higher body weights are also associated with increases in all-cause mortality.
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The result A1 + x = A2
Your per-formance
3-5 seconds
Your communication
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The other side
The other side
First impression impact
You never get a second chance to make a good first
impression. Will Rogers, American actor
(1879-1935)
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Tip 8: A collective experience
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Make conversation before your talk
Wait before you speak
Use eye contact for discipline
Make sure you are heard and seen
Refer to remarks from audience
Negotiate the question
• Ask for clarification, if necessary • Acknowledge relevance of the question • Repeat the question in your own words
Make your mental agenda – Assess the nature of the question openly – Make your priorities – Avoid defending your errors
Questions imply dialogue and value
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Tip 9: Dealing with questions
• Take two controlled breaths before you speak • Ground your body • Be formal in the beginning, then loosen up • Make rhetorical pauses
• If sweating, keep jacket on • If mouth is dry, drink slowly, open your mouth wide • If notes, use them openly
• Articulate • Move slowly
Breathing Formality Slowness Foulum Phd seminar June 2013 21
Tip 10: Dealing with nerves
Your audience
Excited Curious
Friendly Impatient
Undisciplined Slow
Sensitive Competitive
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Complementarity
theory ↔ practice
humour ↔ seriousness
loudness ↔ silence
energy ↔ relaxation
formality ↔ informality
locality ↔ globality
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Visuals
Visuals support a presentation - never constitute it – Use headlines and keywords
– When possible, use simple graphics rather than text
– Many visuals jeopardise presentations
– Avoid narrative text in slides
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Food for thought…
The presenter is a public person – Externalise your inner conflict
Your audience is a resource
– If a word escapes you...
The presenter has rights! – If you need a glass of water, ask for it
The presenter is the leader
– Make decisions openly
A presentation is a collective experience A presentation must generate value
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Four elements
1. Stimulation
2. Inspiration
3. Information
4. Education
Keep us awake Keep us together
Make us think and link Build the relevance bridge Share your knowledge A double-edged sword Move us to a higher stage
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Tips&Tricks for excellent
scientific presentations
Taboos
Phases in a talk
10 tips
What about you? Four key
elements
A rewarding experience
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Using visual aids
Psychological aspects
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Ten tips in retrospect
6. Slides: audience psychology
7. Slides: navigation
8. Collectivity vs. privacy
9. Dealing with questions: a gauge of value
10. Nerves: there are techniques!
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1. Attitude: be interested, hence interesting 2. Audience attention: activation 3. Build the relevance bridge 4. Choreographing: generate a formal framework 5. Timing and articulation: your inner metronome
Giving scientific talks must be a rewarding experience!
Duty work & dissemination
• Michael Kristensen (MSc/BSc) • Birgit Langvad (High school outreach) • Rene Larsen (Documenting Important Data Sets)
DISSEMINATION REQUIREMENT
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Sallaried work – duty work
SALARIED WORK FOR GSST STUDENTS
5.4 Salaried work
The PhD fellowship includes work offered by GSST amounting to 280 hours annually. Such work is typically tutoring hours for undergraduate courses within the PhD student’s area of expertise, but it can also include other types of dissemination activities. If the PhD student has a PhD scholarship, he or she is normally offered a similar job, paid in addition to his or her PhD scholarship (up to approximately DKK 65,000 annually in 2011).
The salaried work offered by GSST will allow the PhD student to fullfil the dissemination requirements for his or her PhD studies.
GSST offers flexibility in the specific scheduling of the salaried working hours, and the PhD student can always decline the offer of salaried work (with a corresponding reduction in the amount paid). All PhD students are granted one semester’s teaching exemption with no reduction in payment. Furthermore PhD students may get teaching exemption with no reduction in payment for a period of up to one year due to a stay abroad. The exemption amounts to a maximum of 280 hours for one year. To obtain the latter exemption, the stay abroad must cover an entire teaching quarter. Thus, it is not possible to get teaching exemption for just one month for instance.
Please be aware that if the offer of salaried work is declined, the dissemination requirements for the PhD studies must still be met.
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DISSEMINATION AT AGROECOLOGY Teaching assistant (laboratory courses, exercise classes etc.) Public lectures High school outreach Popular articles Science shows Student project supervision MSc BSc Co-supervision of new PhD students Duty work: Project related work!!
REMEMBER: DESCRIBE AT EACH HALF YEAR EVALUATION THE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF DUTY WORK NEXT TIME: SEPTEMBER 1
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AU – Agroecolgy Crop health Entomology and Plant Pathology Soil Biology and Nutrients Soil Physics and Hydropedology Climate and Water Agricultural Systems and
Sustainability
BSc Agrobiologi (Agrobiology) Agroøkologi Jordbrugets videnskabsteori Den dyrkede jord Jordbrugets økotoksikologi Miljøvurdering og miljøregulering Plantedyrkning Jordbrug i et globalt perspektiv Plantemikrobiologi Økologisk jordbrug
MSc Agrobiology Crop nutrition and physiology Crop pests - biology and contol Crop production and feed quality Cropping systems Diagnosis of plant diseases Introdcution to crop nutrition and
health Organic agriculture - system analysis,
product quality and environment Project in crop nutrition and health Soil biology and fertility Study design and analysis
MSc – Agro-Environmental Management Agricultural policy and agroenv. regulation Agroecology and environment Agroecosystem analysis and management
at farm scale Carbon cycling and climate change Communication, extension and decision-
making Environmental chemistry Fate and effects of xenobiotics Nature rehabilitation methods River basin management Nutrient cycling and environmental
management
Biology etc. Plante, alger og svampe Biological control GIS Kemisk og fysisk
jordbundslære Edafologi, jordfysik og
jordkvalitet Produktion af energiafgrøder
på marken
Assisst in supervision of students with Projects BSc projects MSc projects
Projects
TATION pRSEN
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DOCUMENTING IMPORTANT DATA SETS
- METADATA
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WHY STORE METADATA?
› Why
› Important information about data sets can and will disappear unless
precautions are taken.
› A resource for the department making it easier to reuse and share data
› Duty work
› During the PhD project the student is required to create metadata records
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METADATA?
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MORE METADATA…
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Editor
Content
Reviewer
Supervisor Student
Ph.D. project group
AGRO Metadata
Catalogue
STORING METADATA
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AGRO METADATA CATALOGUE › GeoNetwork chosen as the platform for Metadata Catalogue at AGRO
› Open Source Platform – Open Standards › Widely accepted internationally – UN FAO, Danish Geodata Agency › Powerful metadata editing tools › Search facilities › Interactive web map viewer › Works with all kinds of data – not only digital data, or geodata
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VERSITET
VIBEKE BROE
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LIFE AFTER THE PHD – CAREER PLANNING AND CAREER OPTIONS
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PHD CAREER COUNSELLING OFFERS: › Individual talks on: › Career paths, competence profiles, career strategy › Information on career opportunities outside of the university › CV/Cover letter › Job profile tests › Interviewsimulations
› Presentations/workshops/seminars on the above
subjects
› Focus on job-opportunities for PhDs outside of the university 2
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WHERE ARE YOU HEADING?
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WHAT IS A CAREER? › The series of jobs you have through your lifetime
› These jobs may reflect an increase in position,
responsibility and salary
› These jobs may be related but not entail an increase on ”the career latter”
› These jobs lead to specialization
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CAREERS TODAY
› Frequent job changes – No jobs for life
› Every year around 800.000 jobs change hands
› Career management is now our own responsibility!
› More short term career planning than long term.
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DO I NEED A PLAN?
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YOUR CAREER STRATEGY
› A structured approach to develop capabilities, tools and ressources for career purposes
› A consideration of how to get from A to B
› Short term and/or long term planning.
› Plan ahead BUT
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BUT, › Impossible to make a bullet proof plan because
things happen, people change, you move etc.
› Don’t leave your career to luck but
› Be curios › Be persistent › Be flexible and optimistic › Be willing to take risks.
› Prepare your self.
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”Chance favours only the prepared mind” Louis Pasteur
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PREPARING A CAREER STRATEGY › Step 1: Where are you now and what do you have to
offer? › What are your skills? › What are your competencies
› What are your values? › How do you like to work?
› Step 2: What do you want to work with?
› What kind of work do you enjoy in both current and past jobs? › Which tasks and skills would you like to use in the future? › Which values affect your choices?
› What job matches your personality?
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› Step 3: Make a choice › Browse job vacancies to see job describtions
› Use network to gain insight into work roles › Use Job shadowing (when it’s established)
› Now make the first part of your plan!
› Step 4: How will you get there? › Consider how to get the skills you might lack
› Step 5: Getting there
› Write relevant cover letters and fine tune your CV › Be clear and precise about what you can do.
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THE JOBMARKET FOR PHDS
› 86% employment rate of PhDs from ST 2012 › 80% have a job within 3 months of finishing the PhD › 98% full time employment › 51% hold a permanent position
› Where are they? › 57% in the public sector › 39% in the private sector › 4% in ”other”
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THE JOBMARKET FOR PHDS
› More Ph.Ds. + savings in the public sector = private sector jobs.
› Unknown territory for both sides
› Think broader
› Set yourself apart from the master students
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WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OFFER THE JOB MARKET?
› Highly specialized knowledge about a specific field
› Competences that spin off from your project
› A large number of generic skills: Analytical thinking, Problem solving, Generating new ideas /innovation/development, Project management/ organisational skills, Leadership skills, Communication and client facing skills, Networking skills Fundraising skills ………and much more
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LIFE AFTER THE PHD - CAREER PLANNING AND CAREER OPTIONS
VIBEKE BROE JUNE 26TH 2013
WHAT JOBS TO LOOK FOR? Jobs that take your education as a starting point:
- R/D in the food and or chemical industry - Consultancy – Rambøll, Niras, Cowi, Grontmij etc. - Environmental management/Energy sector - Building sector - Agricultural sector - Conservation management - Regulatory affairs - IPR - Scientific writing - Communication (museums etc.)
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LIFE AFTER THE PHD - CAREER PLANNING AND CAREER OPTIONS
VIBEKE BROE JUNE 26TH 2013
WHAT JOBS TO LOOK FOR?
› Jobs where your research background is an advantage but not a necessity:
› Communication › Adm.work in universities and other HE areas, ministries, ”kommuner”
› Teaching › Fundraising
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LIFE AFTER THE PHD - CAREER PLANNING AND CAREER OPTIONS
VIBEKE BROE JUNE 26TH 2013
THE END
› Vibeke Broe, Ph.D Career consultant › @: [email protected] › Mob: 2942 6029 › www.phd.au.dk/career
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05-07-2013 1
Life after the PhD or
What’s next?!?
Emmanuel Arthur Fatemeh Razzaghi Marie Eden Fulai Liu
Ooops – finishing soon!!
What happens
now?
DK
Home
Abroad
Deciding factors
• Availability of jobs • Previous job commitment • Family back home (spouse, kids, parents) • Language • Type of job desired • Industry/Research/University (teaching) • Life priorities (scientific/social/balanced) • Salary and working conditions • Weather conditions • General security and safety • Cost of living • Cultural challenges
05/07/2013 2
Staying in DK – Emmanuel Arthur
05.07.2013 3
Be sure of what you want – prior to completion Supervisor discussions Apply if needed
Want to stay more?
Staying in DK – Emmanuel Arthur
05.07.2013 4
Denmark
Reasons
Positives
Challenges
• No prior job obligations • Family considerations/safety • Future possibilities (home/DK) • Excellent research/working environment
• Familiarity • Research flexibility • Proposals – connection with Ghana • Supervision training
• Proposals • Extension of PhD? • Time for other students • New experience? • Spouse job opportunities
Going Home – Fatemeh Razzaghi
05.07.2013 5
What happens to
me
DK
Home
Abroad
Deciding factors
• Availability of jobs • Previous job commitment • Family back home (spouse, kids, parents) • Language • Type of job desired (permanent/temporary) • Industry/Research/University (teaching) • Life priorities (scientific/social/balanced) • Salary and working conditions • Weather conditions • General security and safety • Cost of living • Cultural challenges
Going Home – Fatemeh Razzaghi
05.07.2013 6
HOME
Positives
Challenges
Solution
• Enrolled in one of the best Universities • Being with family • New experience (teaching)
• Economical problems (compared with DK) • Lack of research funds • Old equipment / calibrating and fixing Eqp. • Internet access • Lack of time
• Back to DK • Short term research in another place
Going abroad & the job application process Marie Eden
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What happens to
me
DK
Home
Abroad
HOW?
Last months of your PhD:
&
But there is a chance that after your defence you’re still…
Academia vs. Industry
INDUSTRY:
•More freedom •Diverse work-life •Pressure to get grants •Time-consuming commitments
•Better facilities •Team-players •More structure/ rules •Assigned tasks
Foulum
Where do you want to go?
Where to look?
• http://www.au.dk/stillinger/nat/vip/ • http://www.jobindex.dk/ • http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/ • http://earthworks-jobs.com/ • http://www.academics.com/ • http://postdoc.com/ • http://jobs.newscientist.com/en-gb/ • http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/index • http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/ • Etc…
How to apply: Part I – the cover letter
Read a job offer well and
•Keep it short (1 A4) •Address an individual •Why are you interested •Highlight skills that match offer •Give examples •Provide all info asked for
•Using bullets helps keeping it clear
How to apply: Part II – the CV
Targeted at a specific job offer
•Not too long & well organised •Sensible order & headlines •Skills from cover letter should also appear here •Publications on separate page •NO TYPOS
•Ask someone to read it: is it clear?
How to apply: Part III – the interview
•Be informed about the organization •Prepare for the field/ subject of job •Make a list of questions •Which questions might they ask? Practice answers
•Be on time! •Good first impression •Answer concisely •Relevant examples •Be honest, open, realistic •Why do you want the job? •Why to choose you?
You did it all – Yet no job
Are you member of an A-Kasse (or alike)? Helps financially...
Dealing with rejections:
1. Don’t take it personally! 2. Trust in your skills. 3. Discuss with others. 4. Use your network. 5. Stay busy: work on papers,
read articles, etc. 6. Keep applying – you get
better as you go.
WO
I did it my way
ca. 60 applications
ca. 55 rejections 5 interviews
1 job offer
15.6.2012
23.9.2011
2 more rejections
Going to a new country: France Exciting aspects
Job Interesting topic New scientific contacts New friends Living near Paris Good food & drinks Lots to visit Better weather… Friends want to visit Paris Job for partner
Difficult aspects
• Leave friends behind • Need to learn/ speak French! • Find the way around the new group • Getting a bank account • Getting a phone # • Finding a flat • Register in health care • Extra insurance • Filing for taxes in French
A happy ending
FACUTLY OF SCIENCE
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Career development after PhD
Fulai Liu
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen
• A son of farmers and was familiar with farm works
• BSc from China Agricultural University (1992)
• Junior researcher at the Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences (1992-1998)
• MSc from University of Hannover (2000)
• PhD from KVL (2004)
• Assistant professor at KU LIFE (2004-2007)
• Associate professor at KU SCI (2007-)
My itinerary
Current research Applied crop physiology, mainly on crop water relations, drought adaptation, and water-saving irrigation strategies
Career possibilities after PhD
In the first 3 years: • Postdoc
Research
• Assistant professor (adjunkt)
Research and teaching
Tenure-track
Career possibilities after PhD
> 3 years: Associate professor (Lektor)
• Research and teaching
• Tenured?
• Junior to senior
• Change in roles/responsibilities
Career development plan • Personal development goals (CV)
• Network (关系)
why?
how?
who?
Networking tools
Traditional approach
- personal communication/relationship
New approach
- internet communication tools
Researchgate
FACUTLY OF SCIENCE
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Questions are wellcome